No runs, no drips, no errors

AUTHOR(S)

Eastland, T.

PUB. DATE

November 1989

SOURCE

American Spectator;Nov89, Vol. 22 Issue 11, p30

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the questionable public policy invoked in August by the Justice Department, stating that government employees who leak information obtained from a criminal investigation could be prosecuted. Violation of First Amendment rights; Whistleblowers; `The place has clammed up.'

ACCESSION #

9001220239

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